shelmae

Hi Judy, Things are going good with Gomez. We were able to handle her for about two years then she no longer wanted us. At that time we tried working with her but nothing worked. so we accepted it instead of stressing her out. So now I decided I should try to get her to interact with us physically. She will now sit on her bowl an accept food from me out side her door without snatching it, so we are making progress. Thanks!!

I was ok with this for a few years because I enjoyed listening to her, but now I want to start interacting with her. I will take it slow and see what happens thanks everyone for your help!

Hi DanMcq, Thanks for the suggestions. I started last night with bananas. At first Gomez wouldnt' come near me. Then I had my husband sit by the cage with it. She came down and reached around the door and took it from him. When she was done I did the same since she was already down by her bowl. She took the piece from me too without snatching it. It's a start. Our youngest son told me last night that Gomez lets him pick her up from the floor. Still never from the cage. I call Gomez a she because she likes my husband and son. She sits in and on her cage and watches me in the kitchen. Her cage is in the kitchen so she's isn't loanly. She talks and sings and asks for food. Pretty normal until we try to pick her up in the cage. I have to say I love this website! A friend told me about it! Shelmae

He won't let anyone but my husband pick him up if he's off his cage. But will not let my husband pick him up from the cage. Maybe he needs a therapist! LOL He's not my first parrot but the only one who has reverted to not letting anyone hold him.

Hi MazyAK, We do open his door when we're home. He's ok with that and comes out and is ok if I come up to the cage and talk to him through the open door. I can give him food through the open door, he squats and does that shake thing and snatch the food sometimes quicker than other times. He will come up to the size of the cage and ask for food and take it carefully from us so long as we're on the other side of the cage. The problem we have is if we reach for him he screams and tries to get away. Thank!

Hi Judy, Gomez is atleast 6 yrs old. He was never real comfortable with people but would get on our hands. We did get an Amazon for a few years but it died. That might have been it. Gomez sings and talks and plays. Asks for peanuts and bananas. It only goes nutty if we go into it's cage. If it flies out of the cage it will let my husband pick it up and take it back to the cage but not me. I'll get a photo for you soon

I've had my gray for a few years now. We got it when it was 9 months old. It was sort of hand friendly but then something happened and now no one can hold it. It screams and flaps around. But it talks up a storm. I want to work with it to try to get it hand trained. What to do?